2ᵉ arrondissement · Marseille
Vieille Charité Centre (CVC)
French name: Centre de la Vieille Charité (CVC)
Always freeFree 1st SundayFree under 18
Free admission
- Always freeFree every dayPermanent collections free all year; paid temporary exhibitions still charged. The Préau des Accoules and Musée des Docks romains are free.
- Free 1st SundayFree on the first Sunday of every monthApplies to the paid temporary exhibitions; permanent collections are free all year. Also free on each exhibition's opening day.
- Free under 18Free every day for visitors under 18EU students aged 18–26 are also free. It matters mainly for the paid temporary exhibitions — the permanent collections are free for all.
Address
2 rue de la Charité, 13002 Marseille
Former almshouse for the poor, built from 1671 to 1749 in the heart of the Panier district to designs by Pierre Puget, around a chapel with an oval dome. Restored from the 1970s onward, it now houses the Museum of Mediterranean Archaeology and the Museum of African, Oceanian and Native American Arts.
More free museums nearby
- Museum of African, Oceanic and American Indian ArtsMarseilleAlways free
- Museum of Mediterranean ArchaeologyMarseilleAlways free
- Préau des Accoules – Children's MuseumMarseilleAlways free
- Roman Docks MuseumMarseilleAlways free
- Marseille History Museum (MHM)MarseilleAlways free
- Frac Sud – Cité de l'Art ContemporainMarseilleFree one day a week
All free museums in MarseilleAll free museums in Bouches-du-Rhône